The Great Malaise | |
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French | Le Mal du siècle |
Directed by | Catherine Lepage |
Written by | Catherine Lepage |
Produced by | Marc Bertrand |
Starring | Miranda Handford Alexa-Jeanne Dubé |
Edited by | Sophie Leblond |
Music by | Philippe Brault |
Animation by | Agathe Bray-Bourret Catherine Lepage |
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Running time | 8 minutes |
Country | Canada |
The Great Malaise (French: Le Mal du siècle) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Catherine Lepage and released in 2019.[1] A meditation on depression and anxiety, the film centres on a woman (Miranda Handford in English, Alexa-Jeanne Dubé in French) describing her personality and hopes and dreams, initially in positive terms but becoming more tentative and uncertain as her anxieties and self-doubts emerge.[2]
The film premiered at the 2019 Sommets du cinéma d'animation, where it received an honorable mention in the category for Best Canadian Film.[3]
The film received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Animated Short at the 9th Canadian Screen Awards in 2021.[4]